Mrs. Baker’s sister was ill. She had someone to look after her from Monday to Friday, but not at the weekend, so every Friday evening Mrs. Baker used to go off to spend the weekend with her at her home in a neighbouring town. But as Mr. Baker could not cook, she had arranged (安排) for his sister to come over and spend the weekend looking after him at their home. This meant that Mr. Baker had busy time when he came home from work on Friday evenings. First he had to drive home from the railway station. Then he had to drive his wife to the station to catch her train. And then he had to wait until his sister’s train arrived, so as to take her to his house.

Of course, on Sunday evening he had to drive his sister to the station to catch her train back home, and then wait for his wife’s train, so as to bring her home.

One Sunday evening, he had seen his sister off on her train and was waiting for his wife’s arrival when a porter ( 搬运工 ), who had often seen him at the station, came over and spoke to him, “You are having a lot of fun,” he said, “ But one day one of those women is going to catch you with the other, and then you will be in real trouble!”

1. Who was ill?  ___________

2. Who looked after the sick person on weekdays?

3. Why did Mr. Baker go to the railway station on Friday and Sunday evening? __________

4. Where did Mr. Baker spend the weekend?  ___________

5. Why did the porter say Mr. Baker would be in trouble?   Because __________.

Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"

Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."

Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."

"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"

"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."

1.When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because                      ____.

2."I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.

3.After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.

4.Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?

5.From the story we know that ____.

A man went out with the wrong boots, one with a thick sole（后跟）and the other with a thin one. As he began to walk, he felt uncomfortable, for one foot was higher than the other. He felt very strange and said, “ Is there anything wrong with my legs today? Why is one of my legs long, and the other short? ”

A passer-by told him that he was wearing the wrong boots. He look down and found that it was really so. At once he asked his servant(仆人) to go back home and get another pair.

After a while the servant ran back to him. There was nothing in his hand. So he was angry and shouted at him, "Why didn't you get me the right boots?" “There's no need to change them," the servant said. "The pair at home is the same, one with a thick sole and the other with a thin one."

1. Why did the man feel uncomfortable when he began to walk?

A．Because the road was too bad.

B．Because he didn’t know the way

C．Because he wore the wrong boots.

D．Because he had no boots.

2.The man's legs themselves _____.

A．were shorter than before

B．were longer than before

C．were broken on his way

D．were right as usual

3.What does the word “passer-by" mean in Chinese?

A．路人             B．智者             C．皮匠             D．老者

4.What did the servant get him back?

A．He got the right boots quickly.

B．He got nothing when he came back

C．He got the same boots back.

D．He got the different boots back. :

5.From the short passage, we know the servant was_______.

A．right             B．careful            C．foolish            D．clever

Bruno was a boy of eight. His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop. He lived not far from his school. He always walked there and walked home. On his way to school, he had to pass a playground. It was very wet after it rained. One day,when he got home,his clothes were all wet. His mother became angry and said,” don’t play in the water on your way home from school!”

On the next day Bruno came back wet and dirty（脏的）clothes. His mother became even angrier.” I’ll tell your father you come back wet again.” said his mother,” He’ll punish you,you know.”

The third day the little boy was dry when he came home.

“you’re a good boy today,” his mother said happily,”you didn’t play in the water.”

“No,” the boy said unhappily.” There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon. There wasn’t any room（空地方） for me at all.”

1.Bruno went to school _____every day.

A.by bike     B.by bus    C.by car     D.on foot

2.The playground was between _____.

A.two classrooms

B.the cinema and shop

C. Bruno’s house and school

D.the shop and Bruno’s school

3.The little boy liked to play on the playground______.

A.when it snowed 

B.when there was some water there

C.when the children played football there

D.when his father was busy with his work

4. Bruno was afraid of _____ most.

A.his father   B.his mother   C.his teacher    D.the other boys

5. That afternoon, the boy’s clothes were dry because ____.

A.nobody made room（地方）for him in the water.

B.there was no water on the playground

C.he took off his clothes before he played there.

D.he played in the water carefully.

Mr. Carrey worked at a big company. He went to work by bus. One day when he was standing at the bus-stop, he watched cars go by. Many of the cars were new Sherry 700s, and most of them were yellow.

Mr. Carrey was a person who did not like to be different from other men. He always wore the same clothes as other men, ate the same food as other people, and did the same things after work as they did.

Two months later, Mr. Carrey bought a new yellow Sherry 700. He was very pleased with it, and drove to work in it the next morning. When he saw all the other Sherry 700s, in front, behind and on both sides of him, he was even more pleased with his car.

Mr. Carrey parked his car in a big car-park near the office building, and walked to his office. But when he came back at five o’clock, there were so many yellow Sherry 700s in the car-park that Mr. Carrey did not know which car was his. He tried his key in some of the cars, but people passing by gave him a look which he did not like. So he stopped.

Mr. Carrey could do nothing but wait nearly forty minutes until his car was the only yellow Sherry 700 left in the car-park.

1.Mr. Carrey bought a new yellow Sherry 700 because__________________ .

A．he did not like taking a bus

B．he liked to be different from other men

C．he liked to do the same things as other people

D．the bus did not always come on time.

2.In the car-park, “people gave him a look” because _____ .

A．he could not open the door of his car

B．he was trying to open the door of more than one car

C．he was in the wrong car-park

D．he had a new yellow car

3.Mr. Carrey had to wait until _____ in the car-park.

A．there was only one car left

B．there was no one about to look at him

C．there was only one yellow Sherry 700 left

D．there were no yellow Sherry 700s left